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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject:

BWAHAHAHA!!! Awesome. Thought police indeed. Where have we heard that comment recently? _________________Before God created Las he pondered on all the aspects a woman might have, he considered which ones would look good super-inflated and which ones to leave alone.
After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael

Actually, shouldn't it be a ; instead of a , ? Or am I wrong? I could be... I'm bad about punctuation sometimes._________________I'm doing the twitter thing; you should stalk/follow me: http://twitter.com/sillygurlroo

Absolutely not. A semicolon (;) is used for separating linked but discrete elements in a sentence, or linking to a related but still discrete topic; however, it isn't always necessarily clear what the direct connection between the first and second sentences is. It's true that you can use the semicolon in many varied ways; but, on the other hand, it's often misused. Think of it as a bigger pause in the flow of the sentence than a comma, but not as brutal a halt as the colon (:). Sort of like , ; : .